Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenian wine is wine from the Central European country of Slovenia. Viticulture and winemaking has existed in this region since the time of the Celts and Illyrians tribes, long before the Romans would introduce winemaking to the lands of France, Spain and Germany. Today Slovenia has more than 40,000 wineries making 26.4 million gallons annually from the country's 59,300 acres of vineyards. About 75% of the country's production is white wine. Almost all of the wine is consumed domestically with only 2.6 million gallons a year being exported, mostly to the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany and Italy.

Most of the country's wine production falls under the classification of premium (vrhunsko) wine with less than 30% classified as basic table wine (namizno vino). Slovenia has three principal wine regions: Podravje, Posavje and Primorska.